[SOC] Good grief...

[Rob Matherly]

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==>FCC INVITES COMMENTS ON AMATEUR-RELATED PETITION

Comments are due February 28 on another Petition for Rulemaking filed by
Dale Reich, K8AD, of Seville, Ohio.

Reich has petitioned the FCC to require sellers of two-way voice or data
equipment to keep on file a buyer's name, address, telephone number and
"any future information when selling a radio that required licensing under
the current FCC rules." Information collected would remain private,
available only to the FCC or law enforcement. Reich said in his petition
that, under his proposal, any retail vendor would be able to ask local
police to investigate if the retailer suspected that the radios were not
going to be used in compliance with the law.

A separate petition would require "ownership and license tagging" for gear
operating under Parts 5, 15, 18, 74, 80, 90, 95 and 97, including call
sign, owner's name and address and any FCC file number. It would include
CB, Family Radio Service, Multi-Use Radio Service and General Mobile Radio
Service gear. In his petition, Reich said such tagging used to be an FCC
requirement and that his proposed change was long overdue as a needed tool
for local law enforcement.

The FCC has lumped both petitions into one, designated as RM-10641. The
full text of Reich's petitions is available on the FCC Web site
<http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/retrieve.cgi?native_or_pdf=pdf&id_docu
ment=6513398853>.
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Radio registration?  Gheesh!  Get a life dude!

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